DICE patched Battlefield: Bad Company 2 with numerous bug-fixes and UI improvements (full list below). The patch for the Steam version of the game is still forthcoming pending some additional testing.

Thankfully, multiplayer servers have not been patched so Steam users will be able to play with non-Steam users despite not having the latest client version. SecuROM CD/DVD copy protection will also be removed from the Steam version, which has no disc.

Thanks to Shacknews community member Leviathan41 for sending in the story.

How about some patch notes?

Single Player -

Fixed: Graphical issues on some systems on SP_03 (at start and when displaying background mountains at "Up river")